Repeating rubber band gun



Dec. 15, 1959 R. L. HENDERSON REPEATING RUBBER BAND GUN 2 Sheets-Sheet 1Filed April 19, 1957 lllliizl Mm KWJ (Q1 INVENOR. J KUZ%,/w%

Dec. 15, 1959 R. HENDERSON 2,917,037

REPEATING RUBBER BAND GUN Filed April 19, 1957 2 Sheets-Sheet 2QjgIiJVENTOR.

United States Patent REPEATING RUBBER BAND GUN Ralph L. Henderson,Omaha, Nebr.

Application April 19, 1957, Serial No. 653,967

3 Claims. (Cl. 124-19) This invention relates to rubber band guns of therepeating type and more particularly it is an object of this inventionto make such guns more easy for children to load with rubber bands.

As such guns have been made in the past, rubber bands are stretched fromthe hammers of a rotor forwardly to the tip of the gun barrel. The childthen rotates the rotor until a different hammer is in position andstretches another rubber band out to the tip of the gun barrel. Witheach successive placing of a rubber band on the rotor, the rotor becomesincreasingly difiicult to turn, whereby it is impossible for a smallchild to load such a gun with more than a few rubber bands.

"It is therefore an object of my invention to provide a repeating rubberband gun that can be loaded much more easily than heretofore.

Still another object is to provide a repeating rubber band gun having aremovable magazine for holding rubber bands which have already beenmounted on the rotor whereby more than one such magazine can be usedwith the same gun so that when the rubber bands from one magazine havebeen shot the child can put another magazine on the gun, quickly finishloading, and be again ready to shoot.

A further object is to provide a gun as described which needs no springwhereby the expense and the possible breakage of springs is eliminated.

A particular object is to provide a rubber band gun which is adapted tosimulate a real weapon as closely as possible especially in making itpossible for the rubber band gun to shoot more bands than it has beenpossible for a child to load such a gun with heretofore.

Other and further objects and'advantages of the present invention willbe apparent'from the following detailed description, drawings andclaims, the scope of the invention not being limited to the drawingsthemselves as the. drawings are only for the purpose of illustrating away in which the principles of this invention can be applied.

Other embodiments of the invention utilizing the same or equivalentprinciples may be used and structural changes may be made as desired bythose skilled in the art without departing from the present inventionand the purview of the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1. is a side elevation of a gun of this invention shown as itappears when loaded;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the gun as shown in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the gun with many parts broken away andothers shown in vertical section for clarity of illustration;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the magazine portion of the gun as itis seen when it is removed. Only two rubber bands are shown in Figure 4for clarity of illustration; and

Figure 5 is a side elevationof the gun as it is seen during thestretching of the hands out to the barrel.

in the drawings, referring to Figure l, the gun of this ice invention isthere shown having a main body portion comprising a frame or stock 12having a handle or grip 14 attached to the rearward end thereof and anelongated barrel 16 attached to the other end thereof. The frame 12 hasa notch or recess 20 in the upper side thereof which is enclosed on theright and left sides by side members 22 of a magazine 24. The magazine24 has its sides held together by rivets 26 and a spacer block 28 isdisposed between the sides 22. The sides 22 can be decorated with anoutwardly bulging simulated cylinder 29 if desired.

Between the sides 22 a rotor 30 is provided having a hub 32 and aplurality of hammers or pins 34 approximately radially arranged withrespect to the hub 32 and attached thereto andprojecting outwardlytherefrom for holding the rearward ends of rubber bands as laterdescribed.

An axle pin 36 extending through the hub 32 rotatably mounts the rotoronthe magazine. In the sense re ferred to in the following claims themagazine 24 forms a part of the bodyof the gun.

A sear 40 is provided and is disposed in such a position with respect totherotor 30 and is of such. a shape as to function. as an escapemechanism for controlling the rotor 30..

The scar 40 is rotatably mounted between the sides 22 by a pin 42. Therear portion of the sear is provided with a transversely disposed recess44 providing an upper projection 46 that is positioned to be engaged bythe pins 34 to prevent rotation of the rotor, and a lower projection 48that is positioned to be engaged by the upper portion 60 of a trigger50.

A trigger50 is disposed beneath the sear 40 and is pivotally mounted ona pin 52 to the frame 12, the trigger 50 having itsupper portiondisposed in an opening 56 extending upwardly through the underside .ofthe frame 12 whereby. an upper portion of the trigger 50 is engageablewith the underside of the sear 40 to move the upper projection 46 of thesear40 into a rotor-release position shown in dotted lines in Figure 3at times when the trigger 50 is. in the rearward .positionshown indotted lines in Figure 3. i

The trigger guard 57 is secured tothe frame.

The sear is pivotally mounted on thepin 42 at a point forwardly of thecenter offgravity of the sear whereby the sear is adapted to falldownwardly at its rearward end so thatgravity alone can cause the searto fall back into a rotor-catching position when the trigger 50 isreleased.

When the gun is loaded with rubber bands the sear is forced downwardlyby the. force of rubber bands which tend to pull the rotor in acounter-clockwise direction as shown in Figure 3 whereby at times whenthe rotor is in the dotted line release position, as shown in Figure 3,the released rotor hammer strikes the concave recess 44 in the upperrearward portion of the sear forcing the sear downwardly.

the forward end 72 of the barrel. The notches are arranged in a rowtransversely of the elongated barrel 16.

Referring to Figure 4 it will be seen that when a rubber band 76 isplaced on an upstanding rotor hammer 34 at its rearward end the forwardend of the rubber band can be placed in one of the notches 70. It willbe seen that the band 76 need not be rubber but can be formed of anyelastic material.

:In Figure 4 the way of loading the magazine when only two rubbers areplaced on it is there shown for simplicity of illustration. The firstrubber band 76 to be placed on the rotor is put in a lower notch 70 inthe magazine.

A second rubber band 78 to be put on the rotor is placed in a notchupwardly therefrom.

When a great many bands 76 are loaded onto the magazine the first bandto be put on is placed in the lowermost notch and successive bands areplaced in successively higher notches.

After the magazine is loaded it is then placed on the frame of the-gun.This is accomplished by permitting a pin 80 which interconnects the twosides 22 of the magazine adjacent the lower rearward end thereof to, bereceived in a recess 82. The recess 82 is disposed in the rearward endof the frame just above the handle 14.

The gun has a slidable bolt or latching pin mounted in a bore 92extending longitudinally of the elongated barrel 16 of the gun. The bore92 extends rearwardly to and opens upon the recess 20 in the rearwardend of the frame of a gun whereby the bolt 90 can be moved rearwardlyuntil its rearwardmost end extends into the recess 20 and into asuitable aperture 98 in the forward end of the connecting portion 28 ofthe magazine 24.

The bolt 90 has control handles 100 on one or both sides thereof whichextend outwardly throughslots 102' In this position'the bands 76 can beconveniently removed from the notches 70 and stretched forward into thegun barrel. It is important that the first band to be placed on themagazine should also be the first band to be stretched to the forwardend of the barrel for otherwise rubber bands lying on top will bindrubbers lying below whereby the gun would not shoot.

When all of the bands have been stretched forwardly to the front tip ofthe gun barrel the bolt can be pushed forward and the magazine droppedinto the lower position shown in Figure 1, wherein the gun is ready toshoot.

The magazine sides 22 each preferably have a portion on the lowerforward end thereof which projects forwardly sufl iciently to overlapthe remainder of the gun body to hold the magazine in position fromswinging from side to side.

As thus described it will be seen that this invention fulfills theobjectives hereinabove set forth.

From the foregoing description, it is thought to be obvious that arepeating rubber gun constructed in accordance with my invention isparticularly well adapted for use, by reason of the convenience andfacility with which it may be assembled and operated, and it will alsobe obvious that my invention is susceptible of some change andmodification without departing from the principles and spirit thereof,and for this reason I do not Wish to be understood as limiting myself tothe precise arrangement and formation of the several parts herein shownin carrying out my invention in practice, except as claimed.

I claim:

1. In a rubber band shooting gun, the combination which comprises astock having a magazine receiving recess therein and an opening for atrigger extended from the recess to the lower surface, a barrel extendedfrom the forward end of the stock, a grip depending from the rear end ofthe stock, a magazine having vertically spaced notches in the forwardend positioned in the magazine receiving recess of the stock, a scarpivotally mounted in the rear portion of the magazine and having atransversely disposed concave recess in the rear portion, thetransversely disposed recess providing an upper projection and a lowerprojection on the rear portion of the sear, a rotor having radiallydisposed pins extended there from rotatably mounted in the magazine andpositioned whereby the pins engage the upper projection of the sear andsnap into the transversely disposed recess upon upward movement of thesear to provide an escapement whereby one rubber band is released witheach movement, a trigger pivotally mounted in the opening of the stockand positioned to actuate the sear to permit rotation of the rotor thedistance between two of the pins thereof, a latching pin slidablymounted in the stock and positioned to extend into the magazine toretain the forward end of the magazine in the magazine receiving recessof the stock, and a transversely disposed pin extended through sides ofthe magazine and into a recess in the stock for retaining the end of themagazine opposite to the end held by the latching pin in the stock. 7

2. An elastic shooting gun comprising a stock having a magazinereceiving recess in the upper part, a barrel ex-. tended from theforward end and a handle attached to the rear end, a rubber bandretaining magazine removably mounted in the n azine receiving recess ofthe stock and having a suffi y vertically elongated upright forward endsurface for receiving elastic bands thereon one above another so that afirst band placed on said forward end of said magazine need not becovered over by a band placed on later so as to leave the first bandplaced on said forward end of said magazine unencumbered and removabletherefrom independently of others when desired, a rotor having radiallydisposed pins extended therefrom rotatably mounted in said magazine andsubstantially spaced from said forward end for stretching of rubberstherebetween, a sear pivotally mounted in the magazine and having atransversely disposed concave recess in the rear surface thereof, thetransversely disposed recess providing an upper projection positioned inthe path of the pins of the rotor preventing rotation of the rotor and alower projection extended from the lower surface of the sear, the searbeing positioned whereby the pins of the rotor coast with the concaveupper projection and recess to permit restricted rotation of the rotorproviding an escapement action, and a trigger pivotally mounted in thestock and having an arm positioned to engage the lower projection of thesear to move the upper projection of the sear upward .ly out of the pathof the pins of therotor to release the rotor whereby an elastic bandpositioned with one end over the nozzie of the barrel and the other overone of the pins of the rotor will be projected upon drawing the triggerrearwardly. I

3. The combination of clairn Z in which a manually actuatable latchingin is siidably mounted in the stock and positioned to extend into saidmagazine for retaining the forward end of the magazine in the stock.

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